About the Authors

Chun-Chen Chen

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei City Hospital Renai Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shiow-Wen Liou

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei City Hospital Renai Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Chih Chen

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Chung Chen

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Fung-Rong Hu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

I-Jong Wang

ijong@ms8.hinet.net (IJW); sjlin@vghtpe.gov.tw (SJL)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shing-Jong Lin

ijong@ms8.hinet.net (IJW); sjlin@vghtpe.gov.tw (SJL)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Chun-Chen Chen IJW. Performed the experiments: Chun-Chen Chen Chi-Chih Chen. Analyzed the data: Chun-Chen Chen IJW SJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWL FRH. Wrote the paper: Chun-Chen Chen.